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Issue: Vol. 1210 No. 1: 24 May. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-05-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1210.1.4
Page range: 53–67
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 3

Description of a new species of Euglossa (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) with notes on comparative biology

Department of Entomology, 320 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Ave., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Department of Zoology, 223 Bartram Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611–8525, USA
Hymenoptera cryptic species orchid bees pollination chemical baits.

Abstract

Here, we descr ibe Euglossa rufipes Rasmusse n & Skov sp. nov. from r emnants of Andean rainforest in western Peru and Ecuado r. The species closely resemble s E. asarophora Moure & Sakagami, bu t ma les can be distingui shed by the red color of the h ind tibia an d by geni tal characters. We summarize th e kno wn biological information for both species.

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